Some Selected Reading & Viewing On Energy Efficient Building & Remodeling
From a “Pretty Good House” to Deep Energy Retrofit strategy we can put together a project to meet your desired goals and were happy to discuss the options with you.
Articles…
The Pretty Good House | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Friend and colleague Mike Maines’ article on another friend and colleague Dan Kolbert’s “The Pretty Good House” concept “Finding the right balance between construction cost and energy performance”.
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Remodel Project: Deep Energy Retrofit | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Insulation, Air Sealing, & HVAC offer chances to slash energy bills but careful planning is required for this extensive and invasive green remodel.
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Books…
Green Restorations: Sustainable Building and Historic Homes
Some 40 percent of North Americans live in homes built prior to 1940, and when it comes time to remodel or restore our older homes, homeowners and contractors can find themselves lost in a morass of wildly divergent information and opinion. With Green Restorations, author Aaron Lubeck brings his expertise as a restoration contractor and preservation consultant to this first-of-its-kind guide, leading the reader through the …
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Green Restorations: Sustainable Building and Historic Homes
With greater public awareness of the need for energy independence, the issue of how we can make our existing homes more resource efficient is becoming ever more critical. Residential buildings make up a large fraction of our energy needs, largely due to heating and air-conditioning. So it’s no longer enough to simply do the small stuff, like switching to compact fluorescent bulbs, or turning down the thermostat at night.
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Green Remodeling : Changing the World One Room at a Time
Whether because of changing lifestyles or simply because houses are becoming outdated, millions of North Americans are renovating their homes every year, spending more money annually on renovation than on new-home construction. But renovations can be fraught with unintended consequences like indoor air pollution. How do you remodel in a healthy, environmentally friendly way?